Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-20
SPRING MEETING.
Continued from first page.)

ittIth- pluN " ldSl hnnnHl
meeting of this association the coun.
Ties of Park and Fergus have been or
ganized by the legislature, are en-
Titled To representation on the execu-
tive committee; therefore, be il
Resolved-Thst the bylaws of this
association be so changed rs TO allow a
n representation of the members from
each OF said counties on the executive
committee OF THE association.
Your committee further recommends
that the bylaws OF The association be
further amended 80 ~ to allow u
representative on the executive COM
mittee from each Of the territories of
Wyoming and Idaho, and one mem.
Der nom the British Possessions.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Beaverhead county; DIR. Azel Ames,
Jr.
Choteau county; X. \. Ford, G.. Wal.
lace Taylor, VIM. Floweree.
Custer county; +. e Robertson, T..
;. Newman, Col. Y. J. Bryan, j. j..
Thompson, John \. Simpson.
Dawson county; j. 5. Day, f. j..
Llvejoy.
Deer Lodge county; Conrad Kohrs.
Gallstin county; Cnss. Anceney.
Jefferson county; ;. 3. Huntley.
Lewis and Clarke county; John T..
Murphy, l.. A. Walker, b. +. Potts.
Madison county: Alex Meizel.
Meagher county; David Pratt, John
II. Freeser. Leonard Lewis.
Fergus county; Granville Stuart, >.
;. H0bson.
Park county; Benz. Myers, John
Cook.
Missouls county; Washington Nc
Cormick.
Silver Bow county; n. j. Bielen-
berg.
Yellowstone county; Alfred Myers,
o. Hoskins.
Dakota territory; Theodore RoOse.
welt, A. III. Arnett, Henry. b. Boice.
Wyoming territory; 5. III. Hardin
The nominations Of the committee
Of seven were then taken up, aud on
motion the whole ticket, officers and
executive committee, were declared
elected. Mr.. Harden then moved y
Vote of thanks to the retiring presi.
dent, Col. Bryan, which was put by
the secretary, and unanimously ear
ried. Col. Bryan's last official act was
to appoint a committee of three, con.
sisting of MesSrs. Roosevelt, Stuart
and Ames, to escort the president.
elect, Mr.. Joe Scott, TO the chair. The
duty was handsomely performed, aud
Mr.. scott acknowledged the honor
conferred upon him in a speech full u
vigor and sense.
A resolution which had been hand.
eu to the secretary by Mr.. Conner,
some time previously was then taken
up and read, as follows:
Resolved-Thst The committee on
resolutions be, aud IL hereby instTuci
e'i, tn prepare aud submit to the cou
v-ntlon IA resolution expressing the
sentiment of the citizens of Montana
here assembled concerning the enor
nous damage done, and danger,
Threatened To the infant industries %
the west, now being upheld by tn,
hardy pioneers, who have reclaimed
from waste this vast domain hithert,
undevelnped. by the recently enacted
Interstate commerce law, and thai
this committee be hereby Instructed t.
embody In said resolution "A recital al
the evil done by this act in building
W large territorial towns at the ex,
pense of the country Ut large and {,
the detriment of citizens of the inter
ior, and of the great injustice of de
stroying the business OF roads Of grea
length, for the purpose of building uI
short lines. 3.
This resolution involving the sam,
question that brought up the debate or
tile acceptance of the secretary's re
port ut the morning seesion-the cbn
sideration o fthe working of the inter
state commerce law by the Montana
stock gro~ers az an association IA fur
ther debate was looked for, but the an
ticipation was not realized. Jno
Clay, Jr., OF Chicago, was promptly OF
his feet At the conclusion of the read
ing Of the resolution, and moved tina
1t be laid on the table, which motion
was seconded and carried with scarce
" a dissenting voice. f.ra s ante
a resolution was introduced recitin
the killing OF the Burlington cattl
at Mandan last fall by the autboritie
oi Dakota. which cattle were believe
to be infected with plsuro-pneumonis
aud calling for the united aid Of th
Montana stock growers to secure fc
Mr. Ethlugtou Is proper reimbGrs,
ment FOR tue lOss Of his herd, which Ia
giliiDgly consented IN have destraye
for the public good. The resolutio
passed unanimously. The followin
resolutions were then introduced:
ID Resolved-Tbat the resolution {
instructions 70 members Of this assoc
alton adopted BY the association Aus
%, 1880. whereby they were require
to keep q register OF all arrivals an
departures 1t their ranches. te and III
same IL hereby rescinded, and follow
ing substituted there,
ResolvedLThat the members OF IN
sssociation are requested 10 keep
record Of all s~uspbGious Visiting the
ranches, and OF the brands of sue
persons horses, 4, .i, ,r,p, ,u.g
An; effort was then made 70 sPpoiI
; roundup committees, but owing
the matter not having been suficien
, ~ talked up by the parties iutsreste'
M an adjournment was had until